Velocity discrimination: Reliability and construct validity in older adults

Human Movement Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-456

  Westlake, Kelly P ^a   Wu, Yuhsiao ^a   Culham, Elsie G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Kinesthesis; Postural control; Proprioception; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CLIMBING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TIME; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VOLUNTEER;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 34247596695     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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